Open AccessPHYTOCONSTITUENTS FROM THE ROOTS OF CUSCUTA CHINENSIS
Author(s) -
Srinivasarao Pendy,
Sunitha Katta,
S. Ganapaty,
Krishllamothu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plant archives/plant archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2581-6063
pISSN - 0972-5210
DOI - 10.51470/plantarchives.2021.v21.no1.258
Subject(s) - cuscuta , flavones , betulinic acid , traditional medicine , chemical constituents , quercetin , botany , triterpenoid , phytochemical , terpene , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , medicine , chromatography , genetics , antioxidant
Cuscuta chinensis, a parasitic vine, was used in several traditional medicine systems, and it demonstrated a wider range of pharmacological activities in various diseases. The chemical components from C. chinensis consist mainly of flavonoids, steroids, volatile constituents, lignans, alkaloids, and polysaccharides. In view of its wider pharmacological properties, the authors have attempted to re-investigate the whole plant for its phytoconstituents and reported flavones salvigenin, chrisimaritin for the first time apart from the earlier reported quercetin and triterpenoid betulinic acid.